Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
A BEAUTIFUL WHISTLER.
An American Lady Who Whistles for Now
York Society.

SDCclni Correspondence.
NEW YORK, May 13.-I was at IN after
noon concert. Auditors were not plenty
and the performance opened late. i ma
tronly lady who sat near ne heguilcd the
time by opening a conversation with some
giggliDg girls in the rear.
''Haye you heard the whistling Lady,"
sue said.
No, they had not; but they had heard Of
her. Then she went on to tell OF the won
derlul gilt possessed by this lady-how she
had heard her at Mrs. LOlty'S reception,
and also at Mrs. Tiptop's. If ! had not
known that both of these houses were con
sidered swell | should have known it by
the peculiar tone that Crept into her vote"
when she pronounced their names. What
is there in human beings, anyway, which
makes them acknowledge themselves Hat
tered by the notice OF somebody who has
more pretensiOn, perhaps more money, and
possibly less sense? What is it? Are We
by nature Il little breed, or has the worship
of artificial gods made us so?
The good lady ratified on, telling how al
the young people were trying 10 whistle In
imitation of the feminine whistler, and that
she had never heard anything so sweet in
her life us the whistlcr's music.
Mrs. Shaw makes whiStling IN art. She
stands up at crowded receptions and whls-
Ties divinely; whistles as a solo singer sings
with an orchestral or piano accompanl-
mcnt, or without it if necessary, but only
on the expiration ST breath.
Care in the selection of music, as well as
close attention to mcth0d, distinguishes
Mrs. ShRw's whistling. She only renders
pieces Of Il high musical order. And then
she whistles and looks pretty nj the same
time, which is something few male whiS-
tiers can do. Tall, beautiful, Il very Juno
in figure, she is the last person whom one
would suspect Of being addicted to an art
that once was forbidden to our sex on pain
of coming to a had end Her tones IN
whistling are bird-likc in beauty. No one
who has not heard her can form any idea
of how glOriOusly the whistling talent can
he developed. She can whistle to parlor
limitations or to the immense space OF the
Metropolitan Opera House. Her register
is two and One-third octayes.
Whistling being purely a labial art, the
J u ealtlIul WllNlltI HIS lO l'dbN !" 'NihS
robbed of her gift by the hoarSeness and
colds which keep singers in terror.
And what does New York think of her
whistling? Goes wild over it, rs might be
expected. Engagements crowd upon her
thick and fast; and they do say that she
receives So for whistling n single piece.
Next season she expects to 20 abroad and
make an appearance before the musical
critics and patrons. She has made the
successful and interesting experiment of
whistling with 4 full orchestral accompan-
iment. She has whiStled for Mrs. Cleve-
land, rs well rs for the shining lights Of
society in this city. She has certainly in
PRODUCED and developed 4 musical novelty,
although she is not the only woman who
whistles. Miss Chamberlain, of Boston,
and Miss Adelaide Dechlon, formerly of
Wallack's, aud now in London, both gain
ed some celebrity rs whistlers, hut their
methods are different from Mrs. Shaw's.
G.. G..